Bored? Or wish you were?

In today's world, we are busy. Not just working 5 days a week, church on Sunday, and maybe a night out with friends. But working 5 days a week, church Sunday, soccer on Monday, gymnastics on Tuesday, Life Group on Wednesday, piano on Thursday, and maybe a fun night on Friday. Oh, and let's not forget Saturday...7am misc sporting events, cleaning, grocery, errands that weren't done during the week, etc. Makes my head spin just thinking about it.
I am fortunate enough to (pretty much) be a stay at home mom. So this isn't my schedule. However, I have some friends who DO have a schedule like this. When I call to hang out, I'm sometimes given 2 or 3 "good" days for the month. Then if we can't work anything out on one of those days, there's always 3 or 4 days next month. Are you kidding me? I love my friends dearly and try my hardest to get together, but the above scenario can get a little old.
I'll be the first to admit that because I feel that I don't "fit in" to a friend's schedule, I may not call as much and eventually (unfortunately) stop calling to hang out altogether. Shame on me. Shame...shame...shame...

There is also the other end of the spectrum...not busy enough. I believe that you need to stay engaged and involved to really appreciate life. If you cut out everything, you're stuck sitting at home, watching whatever crap is on tv, and watching the world pass you by. This sucks, trust me.
Get out of the house! Find friends that are just as bored as you are! I guarantee there are others out there. Even if you have kids (seriously, I'm so over the bars and staying out until 2am), there are tons of fun things to do. Leave the pity party that you've thrown for yourself. Good grief.

Moral of the story? Stay busy, but take time to really enjoy what you're doing. Take a breather once in awhile, all you busy people. For all of you bored ones, get off of your tush and find something to do and someone to do it with. You'll be surprised. Oh, and if you have crazy busy friends like I do...try to make one of those 2 or 3 days a month work. I bet your friend misses hanging out with you just as much (if not more) than you do with them.